Program Curriculum

Higher Education Concentration

Students are required to take a minimum of 48 credit hours of doctoral coursework (i.e., 8000 level courses) beyond the master’s degree and complete a Qualifying Examination and an Applied Dissertation. Courses for students in the Higher Education Concentration include:

Core coursework (9 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8110	Organizational Theory and Behavior
ADMN 8181	Equity and Social Justice in Adult Education
ADMN 8610	Interdisciplinary Seminar

Concentration (15 credit hours – select from the following courses)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8000	Topics in Educational Leadership (higher education courses)
ADMN 8170	Introduction to the Community College
ADMN 8171	The American College Student
ADMN 8172	Higher Education in the United States
ADMN 8173	Legal Issues in Higher Education
ADMN 8174	Higher Education Finance and Budgeting
ADMN 8175	Non-traditional Approaches to Higher Education

Applied Research and Evaluation (21 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
RSCH 8110 ​OR  RSCH 8111	Descriptive & Inferential Statistics Qualitative Research Methods
RSCH 8196	Program Evaluation Methods
RSCH 8210	Applied Educational Research
RSCH 8890	Special Topics – Applied Dissertation Proposal
ADMN 8699	Dissertation Proposal Seminar
ADMN 8999	Dissertation Research (minimum 6 credit hours)

Elective (3 credit hours)

Students must take 3 credit hours of elective courses. These courses must be at the 8000 level and geared toward one’s doctoral dissertation and/or professional pathway. Elective courses will include higher education, adult education, educational research, instructional systems technology, and related courses.

Elective 3 credit hours for the concentration in Higher Education may be selected from the following:

• Doctoral (8000) level courses with the following prefixes: ADMN, ELDT, RSCH
• CUSU 8126, CUSU 8127
• Other 8000-level courses approved by the advisor

SUGGESTED PLAN OF STUDY

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LEARNING, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Students are required to take a minimum of 48 credit hours of doctoral coursework (i.e., 8000 level courses) beyond the master’s degree and complete a Qualifying Examination (Portfolio) and an Applied Dissertation. Courses for the Learning, Design and Technology Concentration include:

Foundation Courses (9 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8110	Organizational Theory and Behavior
ADMN 8181	Equity and Social Justice in Adult Education
ADMN 8610	Interdisciplinary Seminar
	Learning, Design and Technology Concentration (15 credit hours)

Required:

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8695	Doctoral Seminar in Teaching and Learning
ELDT 8102	Research in Learning, Design and Technolog

 Choose 3 courses from the following:

Course Number	Course Name
ELDT 8000	Topics in Learning, Design and Technology
ELDT 8100	Foundations of Learning, Design and Technology
ELDT 8110	Instructional Design
ELDT 8120	Current Trends in Learning, Design and Technology
ELDT 8121	Advanced Instructional Design
ELDT 8130	Instructional Multimedia Development
ELDT 8135	Learning Media, Resources and Technology
ELDT 8150	Design, Development, and Evaluation of Online Learning Systems
ELDT 8160	Designing Learning Systems with Simulation and Game Technology
ELDT 8170	Human Performance Technology
ADMN 8171	The American College Student
ADMN 8125	Doctoral Seminar in Instruction
ADMN 8660	Instructional Leadership Seminar

 

Research and Evaluation Courses (15 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
RSCH 8210	Applied Educational Research
RSCH 8110 OR  RSCH 8111	Descriptive & Inferential Statistics   Qualitative Research Methods
RSCH 8120 OR  RSCH 8121	Advanced Statistics   Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
RSCH 8196	Program Evaluation Methods
RSCH 8890	Special Topics – Applied Dissertation Proposal

Dissertation Courses (9 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8699	Dissertation Proposal Seminar (3 credit hours) (taken after successful submission of the portfolio and the presentation to the Portfolio Review Committee)
ADMN 8999	Dissertation Research (minimum 6 credit hours)

SUGGESTED PLAN OF STUDY

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p-12 Superintendent Concentration

Students are required to take a minimum of 48 credit hours of doctoral coursework (i.e., 8000 level courses) beyond the master’s degree and complete a Qualifying Examination and an Applied Dissertation. Courses for students in the P-12 Concentration include:

Core coursework (9 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8110	Organizational Theory and Behavior
ADMN 8181	Equity and Social Justice in Adult Education
ADMN 8610	Interdisciplinary Seminar

Concentration (18 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
ADMN 8120	Rethinking Educational Reform: Law, Policy, and Public School
ADMN 8125	Doctoral Seminar in Instruction
ADMN 8140	School Finance
ADMN 8150	Human Resources Development an Administration
ADMN 8410	Advanced Internship in Educational Leadership I
ADMN 8420	Advanced Internship in Educational Leadership II

Applied Research and Evaluation (21 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
RSCH 8110 OR RSCH 8111	Descriptive & Inferential Statistics  Qualitative Research Methods
RSCH 8196	Program Evaluation Methods
RSCH 8210	Applied Educational Research
RSCH 8890	Special Topics – Applied Dissertation Proposal
ADMN 8699	Dissertation Proposal Seminar
ADMN 8999	Dissertation Research (minimum 6 credit hours)

Suggested Plan of Study